Frozen Bodies Of Swiss Couple Missing For 75 Years Found Perfectly Preserved On Glacier

The couple were dressed in clothing dating from World War Two.

The frozen bodies of a Swiss couple who went missing 75 years ago have been found perfectly preserved on a shrinking glacier in the Alps.

Marcelin and Francine Dumoulin, who were parents to seven children, had left to milk their cows in a meadow above Chandolin in the Valais canton on August 15, 1942.

Their youngest daughter Marceline Udry-Dumoulin told the Lausanne daily Le Matin: “We spent our whole lives looking for them, without stopping. We thought that we could give them the funeral they deserved one day.”

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The couple's bodies were perfectly preserved

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The pair, who left seven children behind, went missing 75 years ago

The 75-year-old added: “I can say that after 75 years of waiting this news gives me a deep sense of calm.”

In an overnight statement, Valais cantonal police said that two bodies bearing identity papers had been discovered last week by a worker on Tsanfleuron glacier near a ski lift above Les Diablerets resort at an altitude of 2,615 meters (8,600 feet).

DNA testing will be carried out to confirm the identities of the couple.